Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in June 2022 were an estimated 10.8 million metric tons (Mt), a 7.0% increase from shipments in June 2021, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through June totaled an estimated 52.4 Mt, an increase of 4.0% from those…
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The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched the fourth annual “Concrete in Life” photography competition. Entries are anticipated to capture the astonishing design of concrete landscape and build on the triumph of last year’s competition, which saw more than 13,500 entries.
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Royal White Cement has leased a 23.8-acre site from Industrial Realty Group (IRG) along the Houston Ship Channel for its second terminal in Houston in a deal that positions the company to grow its cement and construction materials business.
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HeidelbergCement is further expanding its portfolio of large-scale CCUS projects with a new initiative at its subsidiary Lehigh Hanson’s Mitchell, Ind. cement plant.
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Canada’s cement industry is leading the way in the fight to tackle climate change by joining the country’s Net-Zero Challenge.
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ABB and Hydrogen Optimized have signed an agreement to expand the companies’ existing strategic relationship. This includes an investment by ABB into Key DH Technologies Inc., the parent company of Hydrogen Optimized, as they seek to accelerate the fast-emerging green hydrogen production segment with unique large-scale architecture.
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Summit Materials recently converted 100% of the production at its Hannibal, Mo., plant, which is operated by Continental Cement Co., to portland-limestone cement (PLC).
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CEMEX announced a plan to expand the production capacity by 30% at its subsidiary Caribbean Cement Co.’s Rockfort, Jamaica, plant.
Read MoreLehigh Hanson Inc. has received approximately $3.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) to conduct a front-end engineering design (FEED) study retrofitting Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc. (MHIA’s) carbon capture technology at its new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Ind. The company is also contributing about $1.1 million…
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Holcim US has introduced DYNAMax high-performance concrete to its innovative concrete product portfolio in the Denver, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Twin Cities, Minn., markets.
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